# Incident 19980906032649I: Cessna 177RG, Mount Vernon, OH, September 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1998, 19:45 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, OH
- Airport: Knox County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3289° N, 82.5261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY (4I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3289&lon=-82.5261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33286 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980906032649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 HRS, MR. CORDLE, PILOT OF N33286, A CESSNA 177RG, DEPARTED THE OSU AIRPORT WITH ONE PASSENGER ABOARD, MRS. SUSAN CORDLE, HIS WIFE, FOR MT. VERNON, OHIO. AT 2000 HRS, THEY ARRIVED AT MT. VERNON AIRPORT, AND ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 28. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COMPLETED A NORMAL APPROACH WITH 20 DEGRES OF FLAPS AND DURING THE LANDING FLARE, HE HEARD A LOUND GRINDING NOISE. THE AIRPLANE HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY ON ITS UNDER CARRIAGE AND SHORTLY AFTER THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FIRE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND SECURED IT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH HE PILOT, HE WAS OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REMEDIAL TRAINING PROGRAM AND HE AGREED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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